10/31/2011

Medical Physiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY (BORON)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have bought 4 physiology books during my medical studies and i am only a second year student! And i must say, that this book is definetely the best one, if you have the basic knowledge. If you are a new begginer though, it is very very difficult to start with this book, since the explanations are very...
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Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)DORLAND'S ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL DICTIONARY, 32nd Edition, is even better than the last issue. This company has been making this invaluable source for all medical personal and paramedical personal and now even for the home for over 110 years. They know what they are doing and are continuing to do it well....
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Medical Assisting Administrative and Clinical Competencies (Medical Assisting: Admin & Clin Competencies ( Keir)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm currently in a Medical Assisting course with this book and the workbook that goes with it. I speak for my entire class and even my instructor when I say, "This is one of the worst books I've ever come across!" This book has been dubbed "The Ugly Book" in my class! There are so many inconsistencies...
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10/30/2011

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Non-thumb-indexed Version) (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Non-Indexed Version)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is extremely useful for any one in the medical field; but also for those who are dealing with an unexpected illness. This book helps the average patient understand the illness and the medications that they are dealing with.Click Here to see more reviews about: Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary...
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Medical-Surgical Nursing - Single Volume Text and Simulation Learning System Package: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, Single Volume Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For all intents and purposes, this is a great book. When you need information about something specific, you'll get it. The biggest problem comes when you're reading for class - it's very repetitive and wordy. Makes it hard to get through when you have other classes to read for at the same time! I'd recommend...
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Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology: with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Guyton Physiology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought it might be helpful to people if I excerpted the following from Prof. John Hall's preface to the 12th edition because it deals in part with what revisions he made for the book:"I worked closely with Dr. Guyton for almost 30 years and had the privilege of writing parts of the 9th and 10th editions....
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10/29/2011

Package of Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Thumb-indexed Version+ Taber'sPlus DVD + Taber's Electronic, Version 4.0 on DVD Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a nursing student, I thought this book would be a great help...it isn't. The few basic definitions I've needed so far aren't listed. I've had to use Wikipedia, which is really sad when I have a "medical dictionary" sitting in front of me. I really wish I'd gone with the Mosby's. It might be helpful...
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Although Stedman's dictionary seems to be the preference for most medical schools, Taber's actually contains a lot more words than Stedman's. To be fair, there isn't much competition when it comes to medical dictionaries, it's either Stedman's or Taber's. Stedman's update is usually 4 to 5 years, but...
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American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is no surprise that the latest edition of this excellent consumer reference is better than ever. For those who are newcomers to the power of this authoritative tome, its centerpiece is a series of symptom charts enabling users to conduct the equivalent of a differential self-diagnosis. Charts are...
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10/28/2011

Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Every American and every Congressman and woman should be given this book to read. We are now going through the lefts attack on free enterprise and capitalism. They want us all under a massive centralized government health agency that will destroy the private healthcare industry, raise prices dramatically,...
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Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse: Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is very abundant in resarch and exploration of the link between animal abuse and intimate violence. Addtionally, they focus on children and pet-care programs in the latter part of the book. This portion is signifcant since these programs assist in preventing further domestic violence and animal...
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Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers--And Why GI's Are Only The First Victims Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is frightening if true. The premise, set forth in the introduction and detailed in the book, is that the US government has used experimental vaccines from the Desert Shield / Storm era through today on GI's and other individuals. Author Gary Matsumoto methodically - sometimes excruciatingly...
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10/27/2011

MAKE A DIFFERENCE: The Founder of the "I Have a Future Program" Shares His Vision for Young America Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Henry W. Foster, M.D. has spent his entire professional life working to improve the health of people, especially poor people. One of his pet projects has been the "I Have a Future Program" which works to keep teenagers healthy, motivated and in school. Much of the work of the program has to do with sex...
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The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Another great 'Doom, Doom, the End is Near' book. It may even be true. But somehow after the prospect of nuclear war, then nuclear winter, Hong Kong flu, then Global Warming, AIDS, Ebola and so on you get just a bit jaded. First the bad news. Avian Flu is a killer. The 1918 flu pandemic killed about...
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Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care (California/Milbank Series on Health and the Public) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Former Massachusetts state legislator John McDonough takes readers from the theory to reality of practical politics in a surprisingly unegotistical fashion. He uses various theories about why and why political actors do what they do as they go about their business to introduce his own experiences. The...
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10/26/2011

The Freedom Agenda: Why a Balanced Budget Amendment is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Government Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book could not be more timely. Nor could it be more helpful in explaining how we got into this debt crisis and how we can get out of it. In The Freedom Agenda, Senator Lee makes the insightful, but too often overlooked argument that with every debt-limit increase, Congress authorizes the federal...
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The Killer Strain: Anthrax and a Government Exposed Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Killer Strain: Anthrax and the Exposed MedicineI am peruvian medical , and for some years , have been investigating anthrax in Peru, reason why caused to much interest for me the appearance of the book: The Killer Strain. The book that narrates the events related to the first outbreak of bioterrorismo...
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